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Norman McLaren

"I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film."

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"I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film."

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"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."
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"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas."
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"So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age."
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